These pictures show the remarkable transformation a Hull mum with an underactive thyroid has made to her body in just six months.

Emma Cone, 35, had always been conscious about her body, but she felt worse than ever when doctors told her she had an underactive thyroid in August 2017, and she began to pile on the pounds. At her heaviest, the cleaner tipped the scales at 14st 5lb.

“I was the biggest I had ever been – even when I was pregnant I didn’t weigh that much," said Emma, who admitted the weight gain made her feel so lacking in confidence she even felt uncomfortable with her now-husband.

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“I wouldn’t even let him put his arm around me in bed in case he could feel my belly."

But it was when her holiday snaps from last summer showed her how big she had got Emma decided enough was enough. “We go on a summer holiday every year and last year I absolutely hated the photos taken of me on our holiday.

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"I didn’t want to look like that again on holiday this year. I’d saved all my old bikinis and holiday clothes from before I put weight on and was determined to get back into those.”

In January, Emma decided to ditch the takeaways, coca cola and her biggest food weakness, McDonald's. “When they were out I was eating two or three of those a week and I would also drink two or three cans of coke every day," she said. "I was eating more takeaways each week than I would like to admit, and I enjoyed drinking at the weekend.”

Instead, determined to shift thew weight in time for her wedding and holiday this year, she found herself blasting out up to three sessions in the gym each day, four times a week.

“When I found myself struggling in the gym, I would say to myself ‘Bikini, bikini, keep going," said Emma, who trained at Xercise4Less in Clough Road. “In total I was training two or three times a day, four times a week at Xercise4Less, with the help of my training partner, who I met at work.

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“I also bought a monthly package of personal training sessions at the gym to give me that final boost before my wedding and the holiday afterwards.”

By her wedding in July, Emma had slimmed down to 10st 5lb - losing an impressive four stone in a matter of months. “My husband had always said he loved me as much then as he ever has but now I feel much happier in myself," she said.

Emma on her wedding day (Image: Emma Cone)

But despite achieving her goal, Emma says she still has more work to do.

“I got to where I wanted to be for my holiday and I don’t want to put any additional pressure on myself," she said. "I’m still losing weight now and my aim is to get down to 9 stone 6 lbs, which I haven’t been since I was 20.”

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